Surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid compositions

Abstract

The present invention relates to compositions including surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid, methods for making these compositions, and methods for reducing the population of a microorganism.

1 . A composition comprising:
 an effective antimicrobial amount of surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid; and   about 0.0005 to about 40 wt-% carboxylic acid surfactant.   
     
     
         2 . The composition of  claim 1 , comprising:
 about 0.0005 to about 15 wt-% surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid; and   about 0.0005 to about 25 wt-% carboxylic acid surfactant.   
     
     
         3 . The composition of  claim 1 , further comprising about 0.0005 to about 50 wt-% oxidizing agent. 
     
     
         4 . The composition of  claim 1 , further comprising about 0.001 to about 80 wt-% acidulant. 
     
     
         5 . The composition of  claim 1 , further comprising about 0.00002 to about 10 wt-% stabilizing agent. 
     
     
         6 . The composition of  claim 1 , further comprising about 5 to about 99.9999 wt-% carrier. 
     
     
         7 . The composition of  claim 1 , wherein the surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid comprises anionic surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid, amphoteric surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid, zwitterionic surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid, or mixture thereof. 
     
     
         8 . The composition of  claim 7 , wherein the surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid comprises alcohol ethoxy peroxycarboxylic acid. 
     
     
         9 . The composition of  claim 8 , wherein the surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid comprises linear alcohol ethoxy peroxycarboxylic acid. 
     
     
         10 . The composition of  claim 7 , wherein the surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid comprises sulfo peroxysuccinic acid. 
     
     
         11 . The composition of  claim 10 , wherein the surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid comprises laurethsulfoperoxysuccinic acid. 
     
     
         12 . The composition of  claim 7 , wherein the surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid comprises alkylamine peroxycarboxylic acid. 
     
     
         13 . The composition of  claim 12 , wherein the surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid comprises alkyliminodipropionate peroxycarboxylic acid. 
     
     
         14 . The composition of  claim 13 , wherein the surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid comprises linear alcohol ethoxy peroxycarboxylic acid, laurethsulfoperoxysuccinic acid, alkyliminodipropionate peroxycarboxylic acid, or mixture thereof 
     
     
         15 . The composition of  claim 1 , wherein the carboxylic acid surfactant comprises anionic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant, or mixture thereof 
     
     
         16 . The composition of  claim 15 , wherein the carboxylic acid surfactant comprises alcohol ethoxycarboxylate. 
     
     
         17 . The composition of  claim 16 , wherein the carboxylic acid surfactant comprises linear alcohol ethoxycarboxylate. 
     
     
         18 . The composition of  claim 15 , wherein the carboxylic acid surfactant comprises sulfosuccinate. 
     
     
         19 . The composition of  claim 18 , wherein the carboxylic acid surfactant comprises laurethsulfosuccinate. 
     
     
         20 . The composition of  claim 15 , wherein the carboxylic acid surfactant comprises alkylaminecarboxylate. 
     
     
         21 . The composition of  claim 20 , wherein the carboxylic acid surfactant comprises alkyliminodipropionate. 
     
     
         22 . The composition of  claim 15 , wherein the carboxylic acid surfactant comprises linear alcohol ethoxycarboxylate, laurethsulfosuccinate, alkyliminodipropionate, or mixture thereof 
     
     
         23 . A method of reducing population of microorganism on an object, the method comprising:
 contacting the object with a surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid composition;
 the composition comprising:
 an effective antimicrobial amount of surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid; and 
 about 0.0005 to about 40 wt-% carboxylic acid surfactant. 
 
   
     
     
         24 . An article of manufacture comprising:
 a first composition comprising carboxylic acid surfactant and carrier;   a second composition comprising oxidizing agent;   directions for combining the first and second compositions;   wherein combining the first and second compositions provides a surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid composition:
 the surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid composition comprising:
 an effective antimicrobial amount of surfactant peroxycarboxylic acid; and 
 about 0.0005 to about 40 wt-% carboxylic acid surfactant.